Marianna Mkrtchyan

Dead body of 17-year-old Smbat Tsakanyan found in woods near Karvachar

The
dead body of 17-year-old Smbat Tsakanyan was found in woods between the
Karvachar and Manashid communities in Nagorno-Karabakh's Shahumyan district on
Tuesday, reports the press service of Nagorno-Karabakh's Police.

Tsakanyan had been missing since July 7. His father
Mekhak said that his son was kidnapped by the Azeri raiders who attempted an
attack on Karvachar last week. He said that his son was alone on the day when
the raiders came. He was sure that the boy was kidnapped as some property in
the house was also missing.

Last week Nagorno-Karabakh's troops prevented an Azeri
raid on Karvachar. Some of the raiders were killed, two – Gulin Shahbaz
Jalaloglu and Dilhan Gardashhan - were detained and are now facing criminal
charges.